Can you make your heart 30 years younger? Dr. John Day explains how the Tsimane tribesmen, living in the Amazon rain forest have done just that. Day explains the research of Dr. Hillard Kaplan, whose team visited 85 Tsimane villages. The Tsimane don’t get heart disease according to Day. He writes: For decades now, Dr. […]
Is ‘Bad Cholesterol’ Really Good for You?
Dr. Perlmutter discusses how the concept that LDL, aka “bad cholesterol” is something that should be feared is unfounded. LDL is what we call a carrier protein, and one of its important jobs is to carry a fundamentally important chemical to every cell in the body. This chemical is a critical component of cell membranes, […]
Look What Happened When this Billionaire became Sick and Tired of Bad Science
A profound and amazing story of American success is rolled out for you here by WIRED’S Sam Apple. The thriller chronicles the story of “the youngest billionaire in America,” John Arnold, and his link to two of my all-time favorite nutrition writers. John Arnold Foundation Funding Science Journalism Mr. Apple introduces you (and how lucky […]
Join Me on a Great Health Mission!
Originally posted July 22, 2013. For decades I was a runner. My weight held at a steady 180 pounds throughout my running days. About 15 years ago, knee and lower back issues caused me to switch to walking, which today I do plenty of daily. Well, maybe it’s the fewer calories I am burning, or […]
Why You Need to Avoid Sitting and Instead Move More
The dangers of inactivity are widely recognized by health professionals. Physical inactivity, best exemplified by prolonged sitting, encourages many chronic diseases–even if you are fit. “In fact, sitting for too long, too often, is an independent risk factor for ill health and reduced longevity,” writes Dr. Mercola. (P)hysical inactivity raises your risk of general ill […]
Sick People Need Aspirin Like Healthy People Need a Heart Attack
Shane Ellison, known as The People’s Chemist (Read his book Over-the-Counter Natural Cures), is a former chemist for Big Pharma. He quit when he discovered the drugs he was creating for pharmaceutical companies were nothing but toxins. Here’s Shane’s take on aspirin: In the past few years, Dr. Karen M. Starko has written about the […]
Cholesterol and Heart Disease
Originally posted January 8, 2010. The first major government sponsored study on heart disease was the 40 year Framingham study. The 30-year follow-up study offered the following startling conclusions…. Men over 47 (the age demographic with the most heart attacks) died from heart disease just as often whether their cholesterol was high or low. In […]
Statin Drugs: Part 3
Originally posted September 28, 2010. Cholesterol has many benefits. In Eat Fat, Lose Fat, Enig and Fallon list some of the more impressive ones: Your body uses cholesterol to make hormones that help you deal with stress and protect against heart disease and cancer. Cholesterol acts as an antioxidant, protecting us against free radical damage […]
Are Statin Drugs Like Crestor and Lipitor for You?
Originally posted November 26, 2012. The Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education recently released a 20-page report entitled Physician’s Guide to Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. The Cleveland Clinic is justifiably world-renowned, and the October 2012 guide offers some worthwhile reading on risk factors, diet, lifestyle, fibrates, and niacin. Also included is a two-page discussion of statins. […]
Two Things Our Children and Grandchildren Won’t Understand
The end of the year is a good time for reflection, and usually in column form, it means taking stock of what the past year has meant for politics, or society, or what have you. I’ll leave that to others this year. Instead, I’ll take a crack at predicting a few things our descendants won’t […]
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